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Iran Focus
 Tehran, Iran,
Feb. 28 – Close to a hundred bus drivers and conductors, who have been released
recently from Evin Prison after being locked up for
taking part in union protests, gathered on Monday outside the Tehran Bus
Company headquarters to protest against the government’s handling of their
case.
Iranian authorities launched a heavy crackdown on the transit workers late
last month, arresting large numbers of bus drivers who had decided to go on
strike.
Earlier this month, a dissident worker told Iran Focus that agents of Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security
(MOIS), the country’s secret police, had been conducting night raids into the
homes of striking bus drivers and workers in Tehran, arresting more than a thousand
people on political charges.
During Monday’s protest by the recently released bus drivers, they demanded
that the government clarify their position and reinstate them to their
previous posts.
Many of the union’s members are believed to still be behind bars. Four union activists had to appear in court
on Monday.
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